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On the recordSeptember 9, 2014
I think the idea that success is going to be defined as Mogadishu is crazy.
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Newt Gingrich
Republican · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

Gingrich criticizes the comparison of current military strategy to past operations in Somalia.

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